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Research interests
I am a mental health epidemiologist at the University of Manchester. I am currently Research Fellow with the UKRI Population Mental Health Consortium, leading research in the Suicide and Self-Harm theme.
My expertise is in epidemiology of self-harm and suicide prevention. I specialise in utilising large-scale, population healthcare data to examine rates of suicidal behaviour, risk factors, treatment and outcomes for self-harm.
I have previously held fellowships funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care and the NIHR Academy.
I am currently researching means restriction for preventing suicide, impacts of population-level policies on self-harm and clinical management of people with a diagnosis of personality disorder who have self-harmed.
I am an expert advisor, providing expertise on research and evidence to the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Healthon a review of prejudice and discrimination experienced by people with a 'personality disorder' label.
I have previously worked on NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research concerned with guiding health service priorities for preventing suicide in England. I have also worked on a European Research Council-funded project using Danish registry data to examine rates of self-harm in adolescents and risk factors for suicide and other causes of death in young people.
I supervise post-doctoral researchers and PhD and Masters students. I welcome enquiries regarding PhD supervision.
Overview
I am a dissertation supervisor for the University of Manchester's Master of Public Health programme.
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Effectiveness of suicide means restriction: an overview of systematic reviews
Steeg, S., Ledden, S., Marzano, L., Dutta, R., Quinlivan, L., Kapur, N., John, A. & Webb, R., 9 Dec 2025, In: BMJ mental health. 28, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Psychosocial interventions for self-harm and suicide prevention in liaison psychiatry: An overview of systematic reviews
Quinlivan, L., Westhead, J., Graney, J., Su, F., Steeg, S., Nielsen, E., Curtis, E., Wildbore, E., Mughal, F., Elliott, R., Webb, R. & Kapur, N., 27 Nov 2025, In: BMC Psychiatry. 25, 1127.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Replicating a COVID-19 study in a national England database to assess the generalisability of research with regional electronic health record data
CVDCOVID-UK/COVID-IMPACT Consortium, 23 Apr 2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 4, e093080.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Umbrella review of psychosocial and ward-based interventions to reduce self-harm and suicide risks in inpatient mental health settings
Quinlivan, L., Westhead, J., Graney, J., Su, F., Steeg, S., Nielsen, E., Curtis, E., Wildbore, E., Mughal, F., Elliott, R., Webb, R. & Kapur, N., 1 Sept 2025, In: BJ Psych Open . 11, 5, e196.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Umbrella review of psychosocial and ward-based interventions to reduce self-harm and suicide risks in in-patient mental health settings - ADDENDUM
Quinlivan, L., Westhead, J., Graney, J., Su, F., Steeg, S., Nielsen, E., Curtis, E., Wildbore, E., Mughal, F., Elliott, R., Webb, R. T. & Kapur, N., 11 Nov 2025, In: BJPsych Open. 11, 6, p. e276Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
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Self-harm rates, clinical contact and risks of suicide and early death before, during and after the COVID-19 peak: cohort study of linked health data
Webb, R. (PI), Ashcroft, D. (CoI), Carr, M. (CoI), Kapur, N. (CoI) & Steeg, S. (CoI)
1/08/20 → 31/07/21
Project: Research
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Self-harm presentation frequency and primary care treatment during the COVID-19 epoch and a potential link between SARS-Cov-2 infection and self-harm risk: findings from UK electronic health records
Steeg, S. (Speaker)
24 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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Utilisation of integrated electronic healthcare records to examine perturbations in presentation frequency and primary care clinical management of self-harm during the COVID-19 pandemic
Steeg, S. (Speaker)
11 Oct 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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Temporal trends in incidence of hospital-treated self-harm among adolescents in Denmark: national register-based study
Steeg, S. (Speaker)
19 Sept 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Risk of dying unnaturally among people aged 15-35 years who have self-harmed and inflicted violence on others: nested case-control study
Steeg, S. (Speaker)
19 Sept 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Suicide and all-cause mortality following hospital management of suicidal behavior: Propensity score analysis of multicentre cohort data
Steeg, S. (Speaker)
9 Apr 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
Datasets
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Accuracy of risk scales for predicting repeat self-harm and suicide: a multicentre, population-level cohort study using routine clinical data
Steeg, S. (Contributor), Quinlivan, L. (Contributor), Nowland, R. (Contributor), Carroll, R. J. (Contributor), Casey, D. (Contributor), Clements, C. (Contributor), Cooper, J. (Contributor), Davies, L. (Contributor), Knipe, D. (Contributor), Ness, J. (Contributor), O’connor, R. C. (Contributor), Hawton, K. (Contributor), Gunnell, D. (Contributor) & Kapur, N. (Contributor), figshare , 25 Apr 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4082858.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/Accuracy_of_risk_scales_for_predicting_repeat_self-harm_and_suicide_a_multicentre_population-level_cohort_study_using_routine_clinical_data/4082858/1
Dataset
Press/Media
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THE CONVERSATION: Fewer people sought help for mental illness during the UK’s first lockdown – new research
20/01/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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COVID trauma response: pandemics require trauma-informed mental health support
17/04/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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In harm’s way: psychiatric diagnosis and risks of being subjected to and perpetrating violence
20/02/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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THE CONVERSATION: Teen self-harm: rates have dramatically decreased in Denmark – here’s what other countries can learn
31/10/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Thesis
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Estimating effects of self-harm treatment from observational data in England: the use of propensity scores to estimate associations between clinical management in general hospitals and patient outcomes
Steeg, S. (Author), Kapur, N. (Supervisor), Emsley, R. (Supervisor) & Carr, M. (Supervisor), 5 May 2017Student thesis: Phd
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